There is growing documentation of the urgent need to identify and eliminate administrative inefficiencies in the regulation of the design and construction of buildings. Lessons learned from hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the Blue Cascades III exercise have exposed the need for:
While some groups are making modifications in our building codes and standards to address “lessons learned” from 9/11 and recent natural disasters, such changes will affect only certain types of buildings and take three to six years to be adopted and enforced. Codes administration and enforcement programs touch all types of construction and streamlining changes can make significant improvements in effectiveness and efficiency within a year.